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Monday, 30 July 2012

Today I started quilting this quilt. As soon as I started loading it up on the frame I noticed that it wasn't straight and the borders are really wavy...eeek...

I wanted to cry...oh well, I guess it's all experience...

This shows the importance of correctly measuring, cutting and attaching borders. It can be very stressful for your longarmer to get a quilt like this. We love to quilt and want to do the best job we can on your quilt tops but sometimes, when the borders are bad like this, it can be hard to hide it.

After I hit it with some steam...

I will weave my magic to ease all the extra fabric in and it will be lovely but it is quite hard to hide it.

The rest of the quilt was ok.....

.although the seams aren't pressed properly so I couldn't Stitch in the Ditch

Sunday, 22 July 2012

This week has been a huge catch up week. After being a slacker in the school holidays, I am behind on my customer quilts. So I got my butt into gear and I have quilted all week, even this weekend.

The first quilt I finished this week was a custom for Jody at All About Sewing (the shop I love teaching at). The design is "Midnight Roses". It is a machine embroidery Block of the Month that Jody and Gail have been running this year at the shop. I can't wait to see them all finished.

Beautiful winter sunshine streaming into my studio....

I stippled the background of the embroideries, put a swirl in the sashings and did a feather and stipple border. (It's not quite finished here)...

The embroideries are so vibrant...

Jody was really happy with it and that's one crossed off the ever growing list.

I have finished another two and half finished another this week. I'll have more about them later.

Thanks for looking and thanks to those patiently waiting for their quilts to be done...

Wednesday, 4 July 2012

I am a very lucky girl !!! It's my birthday next week and look what was on sale just at the right time....

I have wanted to upgrade my camera for a while now. I have done all the research and this lovely Nikon was the one that suited me best. It's a huge bonus that it was also on sale. My other camera is 8 years old and has started to play up. Very frustrating...

But that's ok 'cause I now have this little beauty...

I'm very excited about it and I look forward to sharing my pics with you.